Engineers, Graduates and Students in Engineering

As an engineer, graduate or student in engineering, you design, innovate and carry out promising projects that help advance our society. That’s why National Bank would like to offer you a financial package that includes a wide range of ingenious solutions that satisfy your needs. Our personalized service approach will allow you to focus on your professional projects and make your ideas a reality.

The Platinum MasterCard®,3 gives you the flexibility to travel when and where you want with total freedom and peace of mind. You can redeem your points for any service offered by a travel agency or airline, including those online. You can even take advantage of last-minute discounts!

Fill out the credit card application form and bring it to your advisor with a proof of your professional status.

New! Engineers can now obtain a World or World Elite MasterCard® credit card, one of the top travel cards.

When you sign up for the additional MasterCard®,4 credit card, your spouse will also be able to benefit from the personal banking advantages of the package.

Financing solutions tailord to your needs

A flexible line of creditOffered at an advantageous interest rate, the Personal Flex Line®1,5 allows you to use your funds with complete freedom. Accessible at any time, it prevents you from having to submit a new loan application for every new project you begin, enabling you to take rapid action.

Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit? Our specialized team can assist you in your business activities. National Bank also offers numerous investment and financing solutions to simplify your life, as well as business accounts with reduced rates on certain transactions.

The National Bank Student Line of Credit9 is a convenient and flexible solution forfinancing all your annual tuition and education-related expenses

Main advantages :

Advantageous interest rate;

Credit limit established according to your needs and your level of studies;

Available funds accessible at all times;

No pay-back of principal, interest or insurance premium while you are a full-time student;

Repayment period of your Student Line of Credit established according to your unused balance;

Option of deferring principal payments for up to 12 months after you complete your studies9, within your credit limit. However, interest accrues during that period. Only interest and insurance premium payments (if applicable) must be made monthly.

We offer do-it-yourself investors a comprehensive direct brokerage platform that is easily accessible and reliable. It allows you to make trades, plan and take charge of your investment decisions, backed by a team of dedicated specialists, cutting-edge technology and sophisticated tools.

No annual administration fee

Trade for $9.95 any time, or for as low as $6.95 if you are an active investor (30 trades or more per quarter)

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for the financial package for students in engineering, you must:

Be a full-time university engineering student in Canada (minimum requirement: enrolment in a Bachelor’s degree program)

Have a National Bank account and the Platinum MasterCard®,3 credit card associated with the package6

Visit the branch once a year to update your file (you will be asked to present two identity documents, proof of full-time student status and your latest transcript)

Questions?

Call 514-394-5555 or 1-888-4-TelNat

Legal notes

1 Certain conditions apply. Exclusive to eligible professions in the Engineers and graduates in engineering bundle. Based on annual savings of $299 on transactionsincluded in theVirtuoso®1 package; an annual discount of $810 based on a reduction of up to 6.0% for an average personal line of credit of $13,500 (rate may vary depending on credit record); an annual discount of $1,125 based on a reduction of up to 0.75% for a National Bank All-In-OneTM1 line of credit with an average volume of $150,000 as part of the Engineers and graduates in engineering bundle.To be eligible for the bundle for engineers and graduates in engineering, you must be a Platinum, World or World EliteTM MasterCard® credit card holder. The potential savings represented do not reflect the net savings that you will receive, this amount will vary according to your financial situation.

2 Bank account with chequing privileges.

3 Subject to credit approval by National Bank of Canada. Certain conditions apply. Grace period: No interest will be charged on the purchases made during the month if the balance is paid in full within twenty-one (21) days of the date of the statement. This grace period does not apply to cash advances and balance transfers. Minimum payment: Your minimum payment will correspond to 3% of your account balance plus any amount already due or $10, whichever amount is higher. If your account balance is lower than $10, you must pay the entire balance. If you exceed your credit limit, the amount of the minimum payment will be the highest of the following amounts: (a) 3% of the account balance or (b) the amount of the overlimit.Account statement: a statement of account is sent on a monthly basis.

Examples of interest charges for a 30-day period at the rate applicable on July 12, 2016 :

Annual interest rate

Average balance

$500

$3,000

19.99% (regular purchases rate)

$8.22

$49.29

22.99% (regular cash advances and balance transfers)

$9.45

$56.69

4 For financial packages, only the spouse of the primary cardholder is eligible for an additional card.

6 National Bank reserves the right to cancel, without notice, the discounts and other advantages offered with the financial package if the client closes his eligible bank account or cancels his eligible MasterCard account and replaces them with a bank account or MasterCard account that is not eligible for the package.

7 Certain conditions apply. Exclusive to students studying in the eligible fields of study for the Students in engineering student bundle. Calculation based on a yearly saving of $299 on transactions included in the Virtuoso®1 package; an annual discount of $495 calculated on a reduction of up to 2.25% on the Student Line of Credit for the bundle for Students in Engineering, based on an average line of credit of $22,000 (rate may vary depending on credit file); and a saving of $125 per year on the Platinum MasterCard® credit card for the first 2 years.
The potential savings represented do not reflect the net savings that you will receive, this amount will vary according to your financial situation.

8 Two years after the card is issued, the annual fee in effect at that time will be billed automatically and will appear on the account statement of the Platinum MasterCard. On February 1, 2015, the annual fee was $125. Offer not renewable.

9 Subject to credit approval by National Bank of Canada. Certain conditions apply. A guarantor who meets the Bank's criteria may be required. The annual amount is based on your personal budgetary requirements.

® MasterCard is a registered trademark of MasterCard International Inc. Authorized user: National Bank of Canada.

®1 Personal Flex Line and Virtuoso are registered trademarks of National Bank of Canada.

TM World Elite is a trademark of MasterCard International Inc. Authorized user: National Bank of Canada.

TM1 National Bank All-In-One Banking is a trademark of National Bank of Canada.